CHAPTER 2--LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES -Section. 59
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIABILITY ACT (F.E.L.A.)
U.S. CODE TITLE 45 – 45 U.S.C. SECTION 51-60
CHAPTER 2--LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES
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Section. 59. Survival of right of action of person
injured
Any right of action given by this
chapter to a person suffering injury shall survive to his or her personal
representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children
of such employee, and, if none, then of such employee's parents; and, if none,
then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee, but in such cases there
shall be only one recovery for the same injury.
(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, Section. 9, as
added Apr. 5, 1910, ch. 143, Section. 2, 36 Stat. 291.)
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 | Claims can result in large cash awards?
| | | You may be eligible for attorney loans?
| | | You are allowed to choose your own doctor?
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| | | That attorneys can help you secure medical tests and treatment?
| | | That the Jones Act is almost no fault?
| | | If you have been injured on the water, then chances are, you are covered by the Jones Act!
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